Antonyms for edgeways

Grammar : Adj, adv

Spell : ej-wahyz

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛdʒˌwaɪz

Definition of edgeways

Origin : also edge-ways, 1560s, from edge (n.) + way. First attested form of the word is edgewaie; the adverbial genitive -s appears by 1640s. Edgewise (1715) appears to be a variant, based on otherwise, etc. See edge (v.).
As if it were possible for any of us to slide in a word edgewise! [Mary Mitford, "Our Village," 1824].
To edge in a word in this sense is from 1680s.

As in lateral : adj sideways
As in sideways : adv to the edge, exteriority

Example sentences :

"I'm the nobody who can't get a word in edgeways anyhow," she said.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

Say, fellows, why won't some of you let me get a word in edgeways?
Extract from : « The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island » by Edward Stratemeyer

But you know I said just now that some leaves were not flat, but set upright, edgeways.
Extract from : « Proserpina, Volume 1 » by John Ruskin

She poked the truth at them edgeways, the truth that is, as she saw it.
Extract from : « Gossamer » by George A. Birmingham

I never can get a word in edgeways when I'm with you,' she returned.
Extract from : « The Explorer » by W. Somerset Maugham

Heimskringla does not say "edgeways," but this is the clear meaning.
Extract from : « The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory » by George Saintsbury

Mrs. Simmons asked as soon as she could slip a word in edgeways.
Extract from : « Rebecca's Promise » by Frances R. Sterrett

You never could get a word in edgeways when Livingstone was in the room, anyhow.
Extract from : « Rough-Hewn » by Dorothy Canfield

They was talkative, and battering at the hatch with an ax, so I'd hardly a word in edgeways.
Extract from : « A Man in the Open » by Roger Pocock

The crew looked frightened and the coach couldn't get a word in edgeways.
Extract from : « Peter Binney » by Archibald Marshall

Synonyms for edgeways

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